Recent recorded grades — Spring 2012: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).
Fall 2026
Special Topics
ART 448 covers various elementary topics in Art.
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Assignments are time-consuming and require significant effort to work through creative problems, though the struggle yields positive results.
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Professors
Fall 2026Lynda Barry is an enthusiastic and optimistic instructor who brings out the best in students through engaging writing and cartooning exercises. Reviewers describe her as a great creative mind who is genuinely interested in student development and capable of changing lives through her teaching.
Barry’s assignments are time-consuming and require significant effort, with the class purpose centered on struggling through creative problems. Students report that showing up and putting in the work leads to positive results and high grades.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.72 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
No reviews exist for current instructors John Hitchcock or Lynda Barry. Historical reviews for Lisa Gralnick describe her as a caring and knowledgeable professor who is also a great artist.
JOHN HITCHCOCK is recorded teaching in Spring 2012, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2023, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
LISA GRALNICK is recorded teaching in Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
LYNDA BARRY is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
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| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAB 006 | Classroom Instruction | 2 / 6 | 0 |
| LAB 004 | Classroom Instruction | 14 / 14 | 5 |
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Student experience
the class
Lynda Barry is an enthusiastic and supportive instructor who fosters a positive learning environment through engaging creative exercises.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=48 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.89 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Assignments are time-consuming and require significant effort to work through creative problems, though the struggle yields positive results.
Students report high satisfaction, noting that the class helps them understand their own thinking processes and can be a transformative experience.
Grades
Fall 2026 · Projected
Before grades are released– average GPA
Approximate 80% prediction interval
About this estimate
The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 4 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.
The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.
8 earlier forecasts · 0.10 GPA average error.
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Special Topics
Recorded 2026-09-07Relief/Screenprint III
Recorded 2026-09-07The Unthinkable Mind
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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